Gas Prices Slip While Crude Oil Prices Nudge Up, Latest Data Show
Crude oil prices nudged upward in October, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, while retail gas prices slipped 8 cents a gallon from September [...]
Optimism about Economy Should Mean Good Holiday Business for C-Stores
Optimism about the economy and gas prices suggests convenience stores will see good business from holiday shoppers who need snacks, fuel and quick purchases, according [...]
What to Look for in a Jobber – Your Fuel Supplier or Petroleum Marketer
As a fuel retailer, it pays to know your partner well. When you do business with a jobber, or a petroleum marketer, it’s important to [...]
15 Convenience Store and Gas Station Companies Make Forbes List
The 2015 Forbes magazine list of American’s largest private companies includes fifteen companies with stores that fit the profile of gas stations, convenience stores and [...]
Stump Paper-Towel Grabbers with High-Tech Dispensers, Blowers
Who knew paper towels could be so problematic? Convenience store and gas station owners know. It seems like as soon as they put out fresh [...]
Slide in oil prices could hamper investment in production
Dampened oil prices could mean less investment in exploration and production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. Data released Oct. 1 by the EIA showed [...]
Make your Convenience Store an Oasis, and Customers Will Come
It’s a dark evening, and your potential customer is driving through a drab neighborhood that just might be your own. She needs fuel or a [...]
Low Gas Prices Help Increase Fuel and Store Sales
Retailers are optimistic about the fourth quarter given the boost in convenience store sales related to low gas prices so far this year, according to [...]
Why Having too much Inventory in your C-Store is a Bad Idea
How much money do you have sitting on the floor of your store? Because that’s what inventory is - money. A lot of stores are [...]
5 Ways to Generate Revenue from Your Broken-Down Car wash
Maybe your gas station or convenience store no longer has a car wash, or perhaps business is slow at your hand-operated wash. Still, the gas [...]
Convenience Store Heroes for the Last Minute Halloween Shopper
Halloween offers a great chance for convenience store owners to help out the holiday buyers with last minute candy and other accessory purchases. About 8 in [...]
Retailers lagging in upgrades to take new chip cards
It’s likely more than half of small businesses didn’t comply with the shift to EMV credit cards by the Oct. 1 deadline, according to a [...]
Retailers shift tobacco shelf space to reflect vapor trend
About half of convenience stores are shifting their shelf space to bring in more electronic cigarettes and vapor products, according to a study conducted [...]
Get fresh and responsive to maximize convenience-store food sales
More consumers want meals on the go, so convenience stores are responding in kind, with more choices and fresh and healthy fare. Younger customers, especially, [...]
Major retailers, banks on track to meet smart-card deadline
Major retailers say they are poised to meet standards for EMV smart credit card purchases by the October deadline, according to a CardHub survey of [...]
Price is top driver in gasoline consumer choices, NACS survey finds
Price is still the driving factor in where consumers buy their fuel, The Association for Convenience and Fuel Retailing (NACS) notes in its 2015 [...]
U.S. crude oil inventories at record levels of supply
U.S. crude oil inventories at the end of February held the most days of supply since the mid-1980s, according to the U.S. Energy Information [...]
Crude oil production went up 16 percent in 2014
Crude oil production was up in 2014 by the largest margin since record-keeping began in 1900, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Production increased by [...]
Port Canaveral lease swap could lead to new hotel
Port Canaveral and one of its longtime tenants will try to work out a deal under which the port gets back control of a 300-foot [...]
Southeast Petro’s Mike Shah focuses on three keys to success
There are three key ways Southeast Petro Distributors' founder, Mike Shah, has made his business a success. As an article in the Asian-American Store Owners Association [...]
Gas price rally may not last
A recent price rally that put oil above $60 a barrel for the first time this year may not last. A New York Times Article noted [...]
Spring Prices
Gas prices tend to rise at Memorial Day for complex reasons Why is it that gas prices always seem to go up in the [...]
EBT Card Changes
Retailers, look for new design for EBT cards The old Florida ACCESS EBT cards will start to expire April 30, according to the Department of [...]
Stores must be vigilant about illegal synthetic drugs, tobacco sales to minors
There are many reasons, not just legal ones, why convenience stores should prevent tobacco sales to minors. Here are just a few, according to government [...]
Prices for sales of convenience stores dipped in 2014
Median sale prices of convenience stores were $35,000 lower in 2014, BizBuySell reported in a CSP Daily News article. BizBuySell sold 266 convenience store businesses [...]
Labels among ways gas stations can protect customers from skimming
"Preventing Gas Card Skimming with Gas Pump Tamper-Evident Labels" Labels among ways gas stations can protect customers from skimming Foiling thieves that use skimming – [...]
